Please consider nominating some of your fellow Chesapeake District Scouters for one of the following awards:

1.) District Award of Merit (2 awards can be given in 2017)

2.) District Spark Plug Award (Nominations are submitted and reviewed

3.) Unit "Unsung Hero" Award (Each unit can submit/award per unitexample one per each pack, one per each troop, one per each crew)

Electronic copies of the nomination forms can be found on the Chesapeake District webpage, which you can find at www.Chesapeakedistrict.com. You can also pick up nomination forms at any District Roundtable. The awards will be presented at the District's Annual Recognition Dinner, which will be held in June 11 2017 at Zion United Church of Christ.

The recognition dinner is a great time for your Unit's committee to say "Thank you!!" to all of those volunteers who help make scouting happen in your Unit and the District. The dinner is also an ideal time to single out that special person in your Unit with the "Unsung Hero" or District Spark Plug Awards for all their hard work for your Unit or the District. Please refer to each nomination form for the requirements for each award.

All nominations are due to Rich Gambrill or Jim Barton by April 18, 2017. Please forward your nomination forms to Jim Barton by email at jdelmarbarton@Yahoo.comor by mail to the address listed below.

Jim Barton

10019 Nearbrook Ln

Baltimore, MD 21234

410-802-0195

You may drop off your nomination forms at any of the District's Roundtable meetings, but please hand the nomination forms over to Jim Barton or Rich Gambrill.